The wind in Rotherhaven was fierce the day I returned home.
Kai's eyes were red as he reminded me over and over to write letters in the future. I smiled and nodded, agreeing to everything.
I did not have much luggage. I had only a single suitcase and the version of myself I had slowly pieced back together over the past few months.
After the train departed, only the sound of the wind remained on the platform.
Jace stood there for a long, long time, so still that even Kai could not help glancing back at him; the man who had once ruled the ship with absolute authority now seemed abandoned entirely to the damp, foreign air.
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After returning to Sinara, she did not go back to my old city. Instead, she chose a small coastal town in the south and opened a little dessert shop.
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